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Sidekicked
John David Anderson - Walden Pond Press
Format: Hardcover
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Drew Bean might be a part of a secret organization for the training of superhero sidekicks, but that doesn't mean that life is all leaping tall buildings in single bounds.Drew is possessed of super senses--his hearing, sight, taste, touch, and smell are the most powerful on the planet--making... |
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The Haters
Jesse Andrews - Amulet Books
Format: Print book
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From Jesse Andrews, author of the New York Times bestselling Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and screenwriter of the Sundance award-winning motion picture of the same name, comes a groundbreaking young adult novel about music, love, friendship, and freedom as three young musicians... |
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Gilda Joyce, Psychic Investigator
Jennifer Allison
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Ever since her father died, quirky Gilda Joyce has been working hard to sharpen her psychic skills. She's determined to communicate with spirits from the Other Side and become a crack investigator of spooky, twisted mysteries. After wrangling an invitation to visit relatives in Sa |
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Geek Fantasy Novel
E. Archer - Scholastic Press; 1 edition
Format: Print book
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What happens when a science geek and magic collide?Be careful what you wish for. Really. Because wishes are bad. Very bad. They can get you trapped in fantasy worlds full of killer bunny rabbits, evil aunts, and bothersome bacteria, for example. Or at least thats Ralphs experience. Hes been... |
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Zombie Baseball Beatdown
Paolo Bacigalupi - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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In this inventive, fast-paced novel, New York Times bestselling and Printz Award-winning author Paolo Bacigalupi takes on hard-hitting themes--from food safety to racism and immigration--and creates a zany, grand-slam adventure that will get kids thinking about where their food comes from.... |
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When Mr. Dog Bites
Brian Conaghan - Bloomsbury USA Childrens
Format: Hardcover
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All Dylan Mint has ever wanted is to keep his Tourette's in check and live life as a "normal" teenager. The swearing, the tics, the howling "dog" that escapes when things are at their worst--nothing about Tourette's makes it easy to meet cute girls or have normal... |
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Hellhole
Gina Damico - HMH Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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A devil is a bad influence . . . There was a time when geeky, squeaky-clean Max Kilgore would never lie or steal or even think about murder. Then he accidentally unearths a devil, and Maxs choices are no longer his own. The big red guy has a penchant for couch surfing and junk food - and you should... |
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Wax
Gina Damico - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Hardcover
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Paraffin, Vermont, is home to the Grosholtz Candle Factory. There, seventeen-year-old Poppy finds something dark and unsettling: a room filled with dozens of startlingly lifelike wax sculptures. Later, shes shocked when one of the figures - a teenage boy who doesnt seem to know what... |
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Lynn Visible
Julia DeVillers - Dutton Juvenile; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover
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Lynn Vincent knows all the latest trends and isn?t afraid to flaunt her funky style. The problem is, in small-town Pennsylvania, being fashion forward makes Lynn socially backward. And the queen bees at her high school won?t let her forget it, especially when her dream of making the IT panel... |
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Bhangra Babes
Narinder Dhami
Format: Hardcover
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It's Amber, Jazz, and Geena Dhillon's dream come true: Their interfering Auntie is finally getting married and moving out. The girls can't wait to get the house and their dad back to themselves, and they certainly won't miss their nosy Auntie at all-right? Meanwhile, Amber tangles |
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Boys Don't Knit
Tom Easton
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After an incident regarding a crossing guard and a bottle of Martini & Rossi (and his friends) , 17-year-old worrier Ben Fletcher must develop his sense of social alignment, take up a hobby, and do some community service to avoid any further probation.He takes a knit |
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The Quick Fix
Jack Ferraiolo - Harry N. Abrams
Format: Print book
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In this much-anticipated sequel to The Big Splash, junior high detective Matt Stevens is back on the case, bringing us another hilarious middle school noir. When the star of the basketball team is blackmailed, it's up to Matt, the lone voice for justice in a morass of middle school... |
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Once Upon a Marigold
Jean Ferris - Sandpiper; Reprint edition
Format: Paperback
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Christian was clueless when he started spying on the royal family through his telescope. He lives in a cave with a troll for a dad, after all. If his dad had only warned him about all that mind-boggling love stuff, maybe things wouldn't be such a mess. Although then, maybe, Princess... |
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The Trouble in Me
Jack Gantos - Macmillan Audio
Format: Hardcover
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This fiery autobiographical novel captures a pivotal week or two in the life of 14-year-old Jack Gantos, as the author reveals the moment he began to slide off track as a kid who in just a few years would find himself locked up in a federal penitentiary for the crimes portrayed in the memoir... |
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Me and Miranda Mullaly
Jake Gerhardt - Viking Childrens Books
Format: Print book
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What's harder: eighth grade or your first crush?Meet Sam, the comedian; Duke, the intellectual; and Chollie, the athlete. Their fates converge at Penn Valley Middle as each falls desperately for the enigmatic Miranda Mullaly - the girl who smiles like she means it, the girl who makes... |
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Jack Strong Takes a Stand
Tommy Greenwald - Henry Holt & Co
Format: Print book
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Jack Strong just wants to be a regular kid. But his parents have overscheduled his week with every extracurricular activity under the sun: tennis, baseball, cello, karate, tutoring, and Chinese language lessons -- all on top of regular homework. His parents want him to be "well-rounded"... |
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Fang Girl
Helen Keeble - HarperTeen
Format: Paperback
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Sure, the idea of vampires is sexy, but who actually dreams of spending eternity as a pasty, bloodthirsty fifteen-year-old? Not me.Unfortunately, the somewhat psychotic vampire who turned me into a bloodsucker didn't bother to ask first. Now I'm dealing with parents who want me to vamp... |
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Mothership
Martin Leicht - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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Teen pregnancy is never easyespecially not when extraterrestrials are involved. The first in a new trilogy. Elvie Nara was doing just fine in the year 2074. She had a great best friend, a dad she adored, and bright future working on the Ares Project on Mars. But then she had to get involved... |
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Hold Me Closer Necromancer
Lish McBride - Recorded Books
Format: Hardcover
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The riveting debut work from celebrated newcomer Lish McBride, Hold Me Closer, Necromancer drops a seemingly average boy into the adventure of a lifetime. Sam cant complain about much, even if his job isnt the most glamorous one around. But his world gets a whole lot more complicated when... |
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Six Kids and a Stuffed Cat
Gary Paulsen - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover
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From three-time Newbery Honor author Gary Paulsen comes a laugh-out-loud novel about six wacky misfits who get stuck together in a school restroom and discover friendship.. It seemed like a normal school day, until a horrible storm forced the very cautious school administration to make... |
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The Wee Free Men: A Story of Discworld
Terry Pratchett
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"Another world is colliding with this one," said the toad. "All the monsters are coming back.""Why?" said Tiffany."There's no one to stop them.There was silence for a moment.Then Tiffany said, "There's me."Armed only with a frying pan and her common sense, Tiffany Aching, a young witch-to-be,... |
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Alien Feast
Michael Simmons - Roaring Brook Press
Format: Hardcover
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THE WAR OF THE WORLDS MEETS DOUGLAS ADAMS as two kids and one old man prepare to save the world.Things are getting better with the alien invasion. Sure it's still not too uncommon to come home and find your step-parents reduced to a pile of unsavory feet--but at least now with the disease... |
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The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever
Jeff Strand - Sourcebooks Fire
Format: Print book
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After producing three horror movies that went mostly ignored on YouTube, Justin and his filmmaking buddies decide it's time they create something noteworthy, something epic. They're going to film the Greatest Zombie Movie Ever. They may not have money or a script, but they have... |
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Thieving Weasels
Billy Taylor - Dial Books
Format: Hardcover
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Skip O'Rourke is dragged into one last con . . . but he doesn't know the con's on him in this funny, page-turning debut YA for fans of Winger and Ocean's Eleven, now nominated for the Edgar Award and the International Thriller Writers Award.Cameron Smith attends an elite boarding... |
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